Klarinet Archive - Posting 000344.txt from 1997/10

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: klarinet-digest V1 #301
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 12:22:06 -0400

Ok ok....that one comes back at me ....... gee, you must have seen the
exchange with JC! LOL. Thanks for the reminder...I think.

Roger Garrett

On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, Ian Dilley wrote:

> But can you tell the difference blindfolded with someone else pressing
> the keys? :-)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Roger Garrett [SMTP:rgarrett@-----.edu]
> > Sent: Friday, October 10, 1997 2:44 PM
> > To: klarinet@-----.us
> > Cc: leeson@-----.edu
> > Subject: Re: klarinet-digest V1 #301
> >
> >
> > > On Thu, 9 Oct 1997, Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu wrote:
> > > > I have no
> > > > doubt that you believe you can, but, so far, the above scenario
> > > > gives rise to the possibility that you are truthful but fooling
> > > > your self; i.e., you really can't tell but are using things other
> > > > than sound to arrive at the conclusion that you are attributing to
> > > > sound.
> >
> > "Gives rise to the possibility." Hmmmmm.....now this is very
> > clear....are you saying that I could be right, but for the sake
> > of not yet giving up......Ok.....but remember this, some insurance
> > companies made a ton of money about five years ago when some yahoo
> > predicted a major earthquake in the middle of Illinois...to occur on a
> > specific day. These insurance companies all made out with lots of
> > profit
> > for selling earthquake insurance.......and you know, the earthquake
> > was
> > based on "the possibility". The possibility that the sun might
> > explode
> > tomorrow over something we do not yet understand is there....remote
> > but
> > there.....
> >
> > Roger Garrett
>